diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index b01c157..b555229 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ log = "0.4"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 
+[features]
+disable_version_check = []
 
 [badges]
 travis-ci = { repository = "mullvad/jsonrpc-client-rs" }
diff --git a/core/src/response.rs b/core/src/response.rs
index a7cf434..a34ebe9 100644
--- a/core/src/response.rs
+++ b/core/src/response.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ where
 {
     let response: Output = serde_json::from_slice(response_raw)
         .chain_err(|| ErrorKind::ResponseError("Not valid json"))?;
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "disable_version_check"))]
     ensure!(
         response.version() == Some(Version::V2),
         ErrorKind::ResponseError("Not JSON-RPC 2.0 compatible")